JURIST

MARCH 22, 2022

A federal district judge Monday ruled that former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and four other officials must testify in the Flint water crisis civil trial against several engineering firms. In January 2021, t he Attorney General of Michigan brought two charges of criminal neglect against Snyder for his role in the crisis. .

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JURIST

JANUARY 14, 2021

The Attorney General of Michigan brought two charges of criminal neglect Wednesday against former governor Rick Snyder for his role in the Flint water crisis. The charges cite violations of section 750.478 of the Michigan Penal Code. Snyder served as governor of Michigan from 2011 to 2019.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Director of the Michigan State Police Forensic Science Division Jeffrey Nye informed state prosecutors in a letter Wednesday that the department’s drug tests could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that drivers were under the influence of cannabis, The Detroit Metro Times reports.

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LegalReader

OCTOBER 6, 2021

“The legal awards and honors that our attorneys receive are always nice, but they are more meaningful for what these awards and honors represent,” said Steven Gursten, Michigan Auto Law president.

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JURIST

AUGUST 25, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Monday upheld a district court’s decision to uphold a Michigan mask mandate for young children, rejecting the arguments brought by a Catholic school in Lansing, including that the state mask order violated free exercise of religion.

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 5, 2021

“Justices hear arguments in Michigan case of prisoner seeking new trial”: Melissa Nann Burke of The Detroit News has this report. Todd Spangler of The Detroit Free Press reports that “ Michigan attorney to be first Arab American Muslim woman to argue before Supreme Court.” ” And Jordan S.

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JURIST

JANUARY 27, 2021

One of the men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has agreed to plead guilty, according to a plea agreement Wednesday. Garbin, along with Daniel Harris, Kaleb Franks and Brandon Caserta, were members of the Michigan-based “militia” group Wolverine Watchmen.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

According to unsealed court records, a police chief from Hartford, Michigan, has been accused of taking and selling opioid painkillers from a police collection box intended to get drugs off the streets, News Channel 3 WWMT reports. Chief Beltran has insisted that she is innocent.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Jeffrey and Brandi Franz, the parents of two teenage daughters who attended Oxford High School, one of whom was shot in the neck during the recent mass shooting, filed a pair of lawsuits seeking $100 million each against the Michigan school district, claiming that the violence of that day could have been prevented, reports the Associated Press.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 28, 2022

Ethan Crumbley, 15, who is charged as an adult with murder and other crimes for killing four students at a Michigan high school and wounding six other students and a teacher will pursue an insanity defense as he, his parents and school officials faced a new lawsuit over the attack at Oxford High School, reports NPR.

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LegalReader

AUGUST 16, 2021

Super Lawyers, an attorney rating service that bases its selection of outstanding attorneys on independent research and peer nominations and evaluations, named 11 McKeen & Associates attorneys to its 2021 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists for the State of Michigan.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 17, 2022

If the financial fraud or Rico charges had been filed, the state of Michigan faced the potential of hundreds of millions in liability over the KWA bond deal.

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LegalReader

JANUARY 12, 2023

DETROIT – McKeen & Associates announced the addition of four new attorneys to its legal team: Victor Balta; Ariel Kellersohn; Scott Nowling; and Nichole Omilion. Balta, an appellate attorney at McKeen & Associates is a graduate of Michigan State University College of Law and has been practicing law since 2013.

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LegalReader

JULY 1, 2022

You must have resided in Michigan for 730 days before filing your bankruptcy case to use Michigan bankruptcy exemptions.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

Defense attorneys depict their clients as reluctant puppets entrapped by the F.B.I. deployed at least 12 informants, as well as several undercover agents, some of whom have since been implicated or charged for crimes including domestic violence, perjury, and illegal weapons possession.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The parents of a teenager who killed four fellow students in a shooting at Oxford High School will face trial on involuntary manslaughter charges after the Michigan Supreme Court turned down their appeal today, Ed White reports for the Associated Press. He was allowed to stay.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

It's OK, if we had to deal with the Kraken suits, we'd need a drink too.

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ABA Journal

MARCH 5, 2024

A trial court did not abuse its discretion when it required a member of the rock band the Romantics to pay triple damages after his new attorney filed a “verbatim copy” of the opponent’s brief by mistake, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.

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Law 360

MAY 15, 2024

A water engineering company accused by the Michigan attorney general of prolonging Flint residents' lead exposure cannot move its eventual trial out of the region, a Michigan state judge ruled Wednesday, saying the company could not assume the entire jury pool was biased.

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Mondaq

JULY 27, 2021

Private-practice attorney Matthew DePerno announced his run for Michigan AG. DePerno, who was one of the attorneys challenging in court the 2020 presidential election results.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The post Attorney Charged With Orchestrating Murder Of His Client appeared first on Above the Law. He also allegedly wrote himself into his client's will, without their knowledge.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 20, 2022

Law firm asks justices to consider the scope of attorney-client privilege for dual-purpose documents. In In re Grand Jury , the petitioner (whose identity is redacted in the petition ) is a law firm asking the justices to clarify the scope of attorney-client privilege when a communication with a client involves legal and non-legal advice.

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Law 360

MAY 30, 2024

A Michigan state judge on Thursday appeared frustrated with attorneys for MGM and its former law firm arguing over potential conflicts in an underlying case, telling them to stop avoiding his questions and saying he didn't "need help running the court."

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Attorneys for Oxford Schools officials have argued that victims and their family members cannot file a civil claim against a public entity.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Attorneys general in 40 states Monday announced a $391.5 While the settlement ends the present lawsuit, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton initiated a new lawsuit against Google last month for allegedly collecting biometric data on millions of Texans without their informed consent. The post Google reaches $391.5M

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The Sixth Circuit shut down an attorney's fraud and religious and gender discrimination suit against a Malaysian state-run logistics outfit she said was linked to a company that employed her in Michigan, ruling that she couldn't blame the Malaysian entity for her alleged mistreatment in the U.S.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 18, 2022

” The story came to mind recently with a controversy in Michigan where the Chief Judge of Michigan’s Court of Claims Elizabeth Gleicher said that she will preside over a challenge to an abortion law brought by Planned Parenthood despite her previously representing the group and her annual contributions to the group.

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LegalReader

JANUARY 5, 2022

The Jimmy Johns franchise agreed to a settlement to avoid risks and costs associated with further litigation, according to the corporation’s attorneys. .

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Law 360

AUGUST 1, 2023

A former attorney and certified public accountant who is appealing his sentence of more than three years in federal prison for failing to remit employment taxes for one of his real estate companies was disbarred for professional misconduct by Michigan's attorney discipline board.

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Above The Law

JUNE 1, 2021

* A Michigan lawyer, who allegedly gave his adversary the middle finger during a virtual court hearing, has purportedly been fined $3,000. Washington Post ] * A Philadelphia-area attorney passed away last week hours after he was pulled from a bay in Longport, New Jersey. [ That's one expensive bird. Chicago Tribune ].

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LawSites

JUNE 8, 2021

It all happened during an oral argument on Zoom before the Michigan Court of Appeals. According to the court’s subsequent order , attorney James Heos “raised his middle finger toward the camera while opposing counsel was arguing.” “Mr. .”

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Law 360

MARCH 27, 2022

the state of Michigan and USA Gymnastics settled for millions of dollars in high-profile litigation involving opioids, lead-tainted water and sexual assault. Such cases and many others were led by a group of attorneys whose accomplishments helped them earn a spot on Law360's annual Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2022.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 31, 2023

During oral arguments, the attorney for the defendants in O’Connor-Ratcliff stated: The only principles and workable test to determine the capacity in which they [the defendants] acted is to ask whether they exercised the duties or authorities of their job.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 12, 2022

Snyder, who is the first current or former Michigan governor to be charged with crimes related to their time in office, and his legal team continue to attack the case, claiming he can’t be charged in a Flint court with neglect of duty when he worked miles away in Ingham County.

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JURIST

JANUARY 19, 2023

Plaintiff Miguel Perez is a 23-year-old deaf student whose school in Michigan provided him with an aide that did not know sign language and was not trained to work with deaf individuals. During oral arguments, Perez’s attorney Roman Martinez spoke of how the school had neglected Perez and misled his family as to his education.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Securities regulators urged a Michigan federal judge to allow them to press on with their claims against the alleged mastermind behind a $2 million crowdfunding scheme — who has since quietly changed his name and allegedly bilked his attorney — arguing that his recent bankruptcy filing shouldn't pause proceedings.

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LegalReader

APRIL 13, 2022

Mckeen & Associates announced the addition of a new attorney to its legal team, Leon Walsh. Walsh has experience as a medical malpractice attorney in Michigan, as well as previous experience as a civil litigation associate and assistant public defender in Florida.

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